Allanson Picton, J.:

Oliver Cromwell: The Man And His Mission.

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1883 Oversized Hard cover brown/gilt cloth, Good, a little dusty, spine ends have some small closed tears, contents clean and tight, tissue-protected steel portrait frontis. loose, pp516 +adverts. A nice sound ref. copy.

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Book number: 9762

Catalogue: biography

Keywords: Oliver Cromwell history mission life ancestry childhood biography youth early manhood public life patriot parliament Eastern Counties Association Marston Moor Naseby army Charles 1 Levellers Dunbar

Ashby, M. K.:

Joseph Ashby of Tysoe: 1859 - 1919. A Study of English Village Life.

Cambridge At The University Press, 1961 Hard cover blue cloth bds, black title block to spine, a little rubbed at extrem.s and small dark spot to rear bd, otherwise VG, unclipped d/w, faded, taped at inside and a bit loose, some edgewear, Fair+, contents clean and tight, pp303, neat name to ffep. "...the best piece of village history since the Hammonds' Village Labourer" J W Robertson Scott.

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Book number: 12659

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Tysoe Ashby village history life illegitimate son shepherd rural England self-educated biography countryfolk improvement farmer JP mid late nineteenth century economic social history

Ayland, Norah:

Schooner Captain: The Story of Captain Hugh Shaw For Half a Century A Master in Sail in British Waters.

Truro, D Bradford Barton Ltd, 1972 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, Nr Fine, clipped but still priced dust jacket, half inch closed tear to top edge nr spine otherwise VG+, contents fine and tight with b/w illust.s, pp152. The life of a captain, told by his daughter in his own words, this biography " is an invaluable record of the life of a captain who was well-known, respected and well-liked throughout the coasting trade in the final years of sail"

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Book number: 13732

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Captain schooner coasting trade sail biography sailing vessels skippering Britain cargoes loss voyages weather Camborne war boats

Aylmer, Felix:

Dickens Incognito.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG+, unclipped dust jacket, half inch closed tear to spine at top next to hinge and a little age-browning otherwise VG, contents fine, tight and bright, b/w frontis. of Ellen Ternan, pp95.

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Book number: 12749

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Charles Dickens biography life outlaw Dickensian Ellen Ternan

Barke, James:

The Wind That Shakes The Barley. A Novel of The Life and Loves of Robert Burns.

London, Collins, 1948 Hard cover pale green cloth , spine faded with red titles, has picked up the pattern from the dust jacket, edges and corners of bds age browned, unclipped dust jacket, edgewear and chipping at spine ends and corners, a litttle brown staining in places, Fair faded/browned tape marks to endpapers, not a lib. book as far as I can tell, neat name to ffep, contents clean and tight, pp384.

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Book number: 14060

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Robert Burns biography life loves memoir poet tetralogy scenes characters history Ayrshire Scottish Scotland verse songs boyhood manhood poverty

Beauchesne, M. A. De:

Louis XVII: Sa Vie, Son Agonie, Sa Mort; Captivite de la Famille Royale Au Temple. Tome Premier.

Paris, Librairie Plon Les Petits-Fils de Plon Et Nourrit, Henri Plon, 1861 Troisieme Edition enrichie d'autographes et ornee des portraits de la Famille Royale, pbk, oversized approx., 11" x 7", old tattered clear paper film cover, wrapper underneath Good+, pge corners a bit furled, pp533 + Table at rear, contents clean and tight, pge edges rough cut and tanned, neat name and date to ffep, text in French.

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Book number: 12681

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Louis XVII history vie agonie mort life death royal family la famille royale au temple tome premier portraits H Tudor Evans

Beveridge, Janet:

Beveridge And His Plan.

London, Hodder And Stoughton, 1954 1st Ed., hard cover cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG, unclipped dust jacket, some creasing to btm corner with small split at corner, rubbing at base of spine and shallow chip across top of spine and an inch or so across top rear edge, 1" closed tear to top edge near leading edge, Preface and Contents pges loose otherwise contents clean and tight, pp239.

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Book number: 14722

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Beveridge life memoir school Oxford Toynbee Hall war plan Green Street RMS Queen Mary America East North West South Goebbels Politics history power influence political Resistance Movements

Bingham, Madeleine:

The Great Lover: The Life & Art of Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1978 1st Ed., Hard cover brown cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG, unclipped dust jacket, a little edgewear otherwise Good+, thin pale stain to btm pge edge block approx 1", contents clean and tight, b/w plates, pp293.

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Book number: 13147

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Herbert Beerbohm Tree Craig Dodd investigation detective story portrait wife mistresses theatre Bernard Shaw West End manager Haymarket productions children 0241100631

Brett, Dorothy:

Lawrence and Brett. A Friendship.

Philadelphia, J B Lippincott Company, 1933 1st Ed., hard cover with blue titles to spine and upper bd, VG+, no dust jacket, neat name stamp to top corner of ffep, colour frontis. of D H Lawrence, further b/w plates through text, contents fine and tight, pp301.

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Book number: 14396

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: D H Lawrence Frieda Lawrence memoir biography life Katherine Mansfield Middleton Murry Witter Bynner Walton Oaxaxa New Mexico Kiowa Ranch Capri writer author Old Mexico England

Brown, Maureen & June Masters:

The Bassetts: Leighton Buzzard's First Family. Quakers Drapers Bankers.

Leighton Linslade Local History Research Group, 1989 Pbk, VG, light age-spotting to leading pge edge block and title and contents pges, contents clean and tight with many illustrations, pp96, maps to inside wraps.

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Book number: 14680

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Bassett Leighton Buzzard family memoir life bankers drapers quakers lives banking Victorian Peter Bassett Bassett Grant & Co John Dollin Barnard Bassett philanthropy Francis Bassett Frank Mary Ann 0951415913

Buckley, Peter:

Michel of Switzerland; An Around The World Today Book.

London, Chatto & Windus, no date Hard cover with unclipped d/w and maroon cloth bds completely enclosed in protective film, VG, book leans a little, minor wear at corners/spine, ex-lib so usual markings, pp79, b/w photographic plates, occas. handling wear/soiling. The life of Michel Gaspoz in the Alpine settlement of Evolene.

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Book number: 10946

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Around The World Today Book Switzerland boy life Michel Gaspoz Evolene Alps farming way of life mountain environment history geography 0000000

Bulwer, Sir Henry Lytton:

Historical Characters: Talleyrand, Mackintosh, Cobbett, Canning.

London, Richard Bentley, 1870 New Edition, Hard cover maroon embossed bds, corners a little bumped, spine ends worn and spine age-browned, gilt lettering to spine, Good, no dust jacket, brown endpapers, pges uncut, contents clean and tight, occas. age-spotting, pp507.

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Book number: 12940

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: historical characters talleyrand Mackintosh Cobbett Canning history

Butler-Gallie, Revd Fergus:

Priests De La Resistance! The Loose Canons Who Fought Fascism In The Twentieth Century.

London, Oneworld Publications, 2019 1st Ed., hard cover bottle green bds, Fine, unclipped dust jacket, Fine, contents fine and tight, seem unread, pp275.

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Book number: 15493

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: priests resistance fascism twentieth century Christian clerics clergy heros bravery courage Canon Felix Kir Abbe Pierre Clemens August Dietrich Bonhoeffer Don Pietro Pappagallo Fred Shuttlesworth Jane 9781786076724

Cathcart, Helen:

The Duchess of Kent.

W H Allen, 1972 Hard cover green cloth bds, VG, clipped d/w, Good, a bit loose, edges furled, closed tear to upper edge and chipped at spine top, contents clean and tight, neat inscript. to ffep, pp200.

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Book number: 10234

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Duchess of Kent biography study life Miss Katharine Worsley family Kuke of Kent 0491004389

Chesterton, Cecil:

The Story of Nell Gwyn.

London, T N Foulis, 1911 1st Ed., Hard cover cream decorated bds, tipped in picture of Nell with gilt titles and decoration, grey cloth to spine, gilt titles, almost VG, smal scuff at btm upper bd edge, contents clean, tight and bright, some pges rough-cut and a little worn at edge, lovely bright colour and b/w tipped in pictures by various artists, brown pen and ink inscript. on ffep dated 1919, pp142 + adverts.

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Book number: 12831

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Nell Gwyn stage life memoir biography Lord Buckhurst mistress King Court rivals